Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: Denver Washington Park

"X Shot" Information.

Camera - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 400

Shutter - 1/160 sec.

F/stop - 18

Lens - 16/35 mm

Chalenge.

It has been awhile sense I shot fall colors in Denver. With the wet summer and recent warm weather, it would be interesting to see what the area looked like. I picked an old friend of mine, Washington Park.

Solution.

Arriving at the park in the late afternoon, the first thing I noticed was that roses were still in bloom, along with other flowers. The trees had turned nicely and the grass was still green. The combination of these colors would make a real nice image. To do this was pretty easy, I found a nice setting and used a wide angle lens. By using a large depth-of-field I was able to get everything in my photo sharp.

Ken Papaleo

Colorado Landscape Photographer

kenpapaleo@highcountrycoloring.com

303-674-0615

"X Shot" information.

Camera - EOS 5D Mark II

ISO - 200

Shutter - 1/8000 sec.

F/stop - 2.8

Lens - 70/200 zoom

Challenge.

The fall colors, in Denver, where almost at their end. I wanted to go back down there and try to get a shot that would show, the end of fall.

Solution.

I went to Washington and Cheeseman Parks, these two were not part of last weeks blog, so it was all new to me. Both locations were real nice! A lot of trees were bare, but one or two still had nice color, leaves were all over the ground, and the light was nice. I decided to look for my "X Shot" from something on the ground, but always shooting anything else that caught my eye. It was a little windy and I noticed some leaves stuck on a fence. They were backlit and looked real nice. This turned out to be the image I was looking for. The two things that made this shot work were, shooting it at f/stop 2.8, minimum depth of field and the backlit light. Focusing on the fence, the background is lost, making my subject stand out nicely.